Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:49, Matthew Garrett
<mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
> > P3 server machines can easily handle more RAM, I've had P3 servers with
> > 1G and 2G before. But desktops are limited (desktop and server versions
> > of the P3 CPU have significant differences among other things).
>
> Like any other P6-class CPU[1], the Pentium 3 can handle up to 64GB of
> RAM via PAE. Certain chipsets may be more restrictive, but it's not a
> function of the CPU. i810 and i815 are documented to be limited to
> 512MB, but the i820 and i840 were desktop chipsets with support for
> more.
Aha, that would be the issue then. I've been using machines with i810 and
i815 graphics, some of them had AGP video cards but I removed them (having no
need for them on servers). I'll try disabling the i81x and use an AGP card
and see if it helps.
> [1] Well, except some of the low-end Pentium Ms. I guess Celerons may be
> missing it as well.
On Thursday 15 February 2007 02:30, "Roberto C. Sanchez"
<roberto@connexer.com> wrote:
> P6-class says nothing about how much memory the CPU can address. It is
> about the instruction set. With that in mind, every 32-bit Intel
> Pentium since the Pentium Pro is a P6-class CPU.
Except for the Pentium-M in my laptop according to Matthew.
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